Education


Post-doc. (Neurotoxicology): Colorado State University

2023 - 2026


PhD. (Toxicology): Boise State University

2019 - 2023

B.S. (Biology): The University of Akron


2015 - 2019

Relevant Experience

Selected Conference Presentations

WPC 2026

Juvenile manganese exposure potentiates dopaminergic neurodegeneration resulting from encephalitic arbovirus infection via astrocyte-mediated inflammatory signaling

Phoenix, AZ

Poster Presentation

Travel Award

SOT 2025

Low-dose rotenone exposure induces astrocytic DNA damage as well as STING-dependent modulation of interferon signal transduction

Orlando, FL

Poster Presentation

OTA Postdoctoral Achievement Award

EMGS 2024

Wildfire smoke exposure and associated molecular pattern disruption in peripheral body systems

Palm Springs, CA

Invited Speaker

SfN 2023

Physical exercise induces sex-dependent changes in hippocampal DNA methylation patterns in transgenic Alzheimer’s disease rats

Washington D.C.

Poster Presentation

MWSOT 2023

Implications for passive outdoor-to-indoor infiltration of wildfire smoke particulate matter on laboratory animal models

Aurora, CO

Poster Presentation

1st Place Postdoctoral Poster Presentation

SOT 2022

Differential sperm DNA methylation in an ApoE-/- mouse model following simulated wildfire smoke exposure

San Diego, CA

Poster Presentation

Publications

Infection with Western equine encephalitis virus causes severe regional glial reactivity and neurodegeneration in the hippocampus with progressive accumulation of amyloid-β

Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology, 2026

Simulated wildfire smoke particulate matter elicits STING-dependent astrocyte-mediated inflammatory signaling and neurotoxicity

Neurotoxicology, 2026

Robust differential gene expression patterns in the pre-frontal cortex of male mice exposed to an occupationally relevant dose of laboratory generated wildfire smoke

Toxicological Sciences, 2024

“Indoor air quality considerations for laboratory animals in wildfire-impacted regions—a pilot study”

Toxics, 2022

“Rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) as a model system for longitudinal experimental opioid treatments: implications for orthopedic and biomedical research”

Osteology, 2021

Treadmill training induces sex-dependent changes in hippocampal epigenetic patterns and plaque-associated microglial morphology in aged TgF344 rats

Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2026

Exposure to manganese during juvenile development increases microglial activation in the hippocampus following systemic infection with A/California/04/2009 Influenza A H1N1 virus

Frontiers in Toxicology, 2026

“Wildfire smoke toxicology and health”

Chapter 11, Landscape Fire, Smoke, and Health: Linking Biomass Burning Emissions to Human Well‐Being, 2023

“Alterations in retinal signaling across age and sex in 3xTg Alzheimer’s disease mice”

Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 2022

“Simulated wildfire smoke significantly alters sperm DNA methylation patterns in a murine model”

Toxics, 2021

“Influence of woodsmoke exposure on molecular mechanisms underlying Alzheimer’s disease: existing literature and gaps in our understanding”

Epigenetics Insights, 2020

Professional Societies

Society of Toxicology

Society for Neuroscience

Environmental and Mutagenesis Society